North Thailand Culture and Sights

Observe monks at this unique-looking wat. Note the 'chedi' in the name - a chedi is a stupa of sorts, its distinguishing feature being a square base and a 5-stepped spire. Only Wat Chedi Luang has a si...

Masterpieces of temple architecture behind ancient walls. Behind the moat and the partially preserved brick wall, the Old Town a bit of its charm preserved. During a walk you every few minutes graceful ...

Monks still live in this temple. The oldest part of the extensive temple grounds at Wat Chedi Luang is a brick chedi that collapsed after an earthquake in 1545 but was once 90m/300ft high, as the massi...

A Buddhist temple outside of Chiang Mai. The biggest and most important wat in the city is Wat Phra Singh. It lies on the main street leading right into the broad temple grounds, which were once the ce...

A Buddhist temple outside of Chiang Mai located on top of Mount Doi Suthep. Wat Doi Suthep is situated amid stupendous scenery at a height of 1053m/3455ft beneath the summit of Mount Doi Pui (1685m/552...

As a dubious tourist attraction have so-called rogue traders by longneck Padaung tribe, a sub-group of the Karen people of Myanmar herübergebracht and in three villages located. You can see there are ...

Little Lake Park at the center. In the early morning when fog Wabern and the water lilies open, it is especially nice. Idyllically on the shore, the intricate temples Wat Chong Klang and Wat Chong Kha...

The 424 m high mountain on the outskirts of town is crowned by snow-white chedi of Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu From here you have a wonderful view of city, valley and mountains.

Famous throughout Thailand, this Suthep temple on the mountain (1676 m). 3 km away is the Royal Winter Palace Phunping, the Fri-Sun can only be visited when the royal family is not present. The nearby...